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Elon Musk, owner of American car company Tesla, has claimed that his new self-driving vehicles will not need human steering at all. This might just be the start of a bigger revolution – driverless cars. It seems that the technology is within our reach, but is it something that we’ll see on our local roads anytime soon? When we think driverless cars, we may imagine cars with no steering wheels or pedals, that are fully in control of the passengers. However, there are plenty of different ‘stages’ of autonomy and in reality there are many different types of driverless cars. Some offer to assist you with the pedals, while others will take full control until you decide you want the control back. While fully automated cars are an option, you also have the option to retain some control. Self-driving cars aim to decrease the number of collisions on the road and allow the passengers to focus on other tasks, giving them more productivity time. Technically, it will make driving more...

Move over Marty McFly (of Back to the Future fame) – driverless cars are no longer the preserve of sci-fi adventure movies. Work is going on to research and expand their use within many countries including the UK. Members of the public can now register to take part in the UK’s first public driverless vehicle trials, which are due to take place later this year. So what are the trials all about? The trials, which will take place in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, are part of the  GATEway  (Greenwich Automated Transport Environment) project - an £8m research project to investigate the use, perception and acceptance of autonomous vehicles in the UK. Taking place in the  UK Smart Mobility Living Lab  @ Greenwich and led by  TRL  (the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory), the trials will see fully electric automated vehicles navigating their way around Greenwich. Those selected to be part of the trials will get the chance to ride in a driverless vehicle and asked to provide their views about...